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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rasure

/ˈɹeɪʒə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ra-sure
IPA
/ˈɹeɪʒə/
6
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Scraping the surface of a parchment etc. in order to erase something from the document; erasure, more generally.

Archaic; Countable; Uncountable

noun

Obliteration, destruction.

Archaic; Countable; Uncountable

noun

Shaving the head, or an instance of this; a tonsure.

Countable; Obsolete; Uncountable

Etymology

From Middle English rasure, from Anglo-Norman rasure, Middle French rasure, from Latin rāsūra (“scraping, shaving”), from the participle stem of rādō (“to scrape, shave”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: rasure, rāsūra

Regional Pronunciation

  • British English: /ˈɹeɪʒə/

Usage

Inflected Forms

rasures (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce rasure?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɹeɪʒə/.
What does rasure mean?
Scraping the surface of a parchment etc. in order to erase something from the document; erasure, more generally.
Where does rasure come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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